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Winter solstice

Winter solstice

Longest night of the year and the darkness and coldness have really hit. Things seem really bleak. I've been struggling for a long time and was pacing myself to this point but can't see beyond it. I'm safe but despairing. I'm trapped in a vortex of family dysfunction from earliest years and emotional pain, received and (mea culpa) inflicted. I can't help my closest sibling - all others are estranged - and I don't seem able to extricate myself from personal difficulties and dilemmas that at present ďefine me - I have no connections or other identity. I've lost faith in my mh team.

I guess the sun will rise tomorrow, and I'll keep taking one day at a time, but I can't envision a future, my future.

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Yes that seems to be the crux of making meaning for most of us. @Dimity

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Hi @Dimity ...am concerned for you, that you're feeling very low 😢

Also concerned for you that you might be feeling useless in case your tasks are piling up...I hope that you can just "get through" any way you can, while you're feeling so low 🫂

Sending hugs and care 🫂 Also wishes... 💚

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Thanks @NatureLover . Yes I'm feeling very low but trying to get by. I seem to have lost track of some things. Useless? Probably.

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So sorry you're feeling so low @Dimity 😢

I didn't mean you were useless, only that you might've been feeling so, as I know you push yourself hard to achieve lots each day, and might not be feeling up to that at the moment.

Is there anything I can do to help / ease?

Sending warm hugs and care 🫂💚

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Thinking of you @Dimity , noticing you're very quiet and hoping you're coping OK and are safe... Sending 💚 and hugs 🫂

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Hello @NatureLover @Shaz51

I'm very glad you had no damage @Shaz51. I hope it's not too wet.

My notifications are still intermittently dropping out. I didn't get any notification for your last post here @NatureLover.

I'm OK, a bit blue. Muddling on. My back's playing up a bit. The cardiologist recommended another test but expected it to be clear so there's not much point. My therapy will no doubt continue Monday (it's hard).

It's a nice afternoon so I'll press on.

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Sorry to hear your back's playing up @Dimity ...that might make your orthopaedic exercises harder?

Hope your mood lifts... 🤞

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Very tired. At a particularly low ebb. Hopefully this is a placemarker and things will improve.

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Trying to turn things around. Have to get back on track first. Sleep, chores, decluttering. Wean myself off screen time. Try to imagine what self-care could mean. But it's all self-care, there's noone else.

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Autumn equinox is 20th March. Easter is 31st March.

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